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A majority is more than half of a total. [1] It is a subset of a set consisting of more than half of the set's elements. For example, if a group consists of 31 individuals, a majority would be 16 or more individuals, while having 15 or fewer individuals would not constitute a majority.
A majority government is a government by one or more governing parties that hold an absolute majority of seats in a legislature. Such a government can consist of one party that holds a majority on its own, or be a coalition government of multiple parties.
A majority vote, or more than half the votes cast, is a common voting basis.Instead of the basis of a majority, a supermajority can be specified using any fraction or percentage which is greater than one-half.
The party with a majority of seats in the House is known as the majority party. The next-largest party is the minority party. The speaker, committee chairs, and some other officials are generally from the majority party; they have counterparts (for instance, the "ranking members" of committees) in the minority party.
The Constitution provides that a majority of the Senate constitutes a quorum to do business. Under the rules and customs of the Senate, a quorum is always assumed to be present unless a quorum call explicitly demonstrates otherwise.
“If they claim the attorney-client privilege, the privilege goes to the county, and decisions in the county are made by a majority vote of council,” Bender said. “So all it takes is a majority.
The majority leader sets the Senate’s legislative agenda, including what pieces of legislation to debate and vote on and when, and manages business like scheduling votes, hearings and meetings ...
Thus, it is a stronger requirement than plurality (yet weaker than absolute majority). [4] [5] An absolute majority (also a majority) is a number of votes "greater than the number of votes that possibly can be obtained at the same time for any other solution", [a] when voting for multiple alternatives at a time [6] [b]